Thread: I have never...

I would live to run with the bulls, dive the great barrier reef.
Travel the savana with my camera and enjoy the savageness of the world.

Basically I want to do the things everyone wants which is travel lots and see all there is to see.

Of course what I most want right now is to be able to sit on the back patio with some fine cigars and a bottle of wine or whatever and enjoy it with my fiancee and all our friends.

I need a vacation lol.

Visit the Vietnam War Memorial in DC (I've been avoiding this one)

Be proficient enough to play Bach's Sonatas and Partitas on my violin. When you can do that, "You've arrived"!

I have never kayaked. That will get fixed some day
I never learned to speak German at school. Another thing to fix.
I have never.....eh, this is a Gentleman forum and besides i'm married so i better just forget it

I've always wanted to build a wood car from scratch. I'm talking full on frame, body, wheels everything I can made of wood. I've also always wanted to learn to swim. I actually have a very long list and with me being impulsive as I am I hope to do it all.

If I could be independantly wealthy I could do many of the things that I would like to do that are out of my reach now. One big thing would be to have the securtiy of knowing I had enough to keep a roof over my head and pay for any medical care that I might need. Here in the USA that is a constant worry.

Things I would like to do that I could improve on now if I applied myself more are;
become a better artist
become a better guitar and banjo player
learn another language. Ideally Spanish.
become a better off road bicycle rider when it comes to taking obstacles that have the 'pucker factor', if you know what I mean.

Nothing more exotic than those things.

I've been lucky enough to do most of the things I had always wanted to do, many of which were extremely difficult and took years of preparation. The things remaining are:
to travel beyond Asia and Australia,
make and save money,
get some of my teeth properly fixed,
get married,
have a family,
buy something expensive and nice for my mother,
eliminate arrogance from my character,
find a way to not be so disappointed with myself.

I'm working on all of those things, but they don't solve easy.

Surfed.....and I live in SoCal
Compete in a demolition derby
Become a dad
These will all be fixed this year

Germany I have always wanted to go there. We will see how that happens I have never been on a plane and I was in my twenties before I even left the state of Washington.

Originally Posted by Stubear

So I was thinking this morning about things that I've always wanted to do but havent yet done, and I thought it would be interesting to see what you guys had a similar list in your minds.

I'll start:

- I've never skydived
- I've never been to New York
- I've never owned a motorbike

Those are three things that I've always wanted to do since I was very young, and I'm determined that I will do them soon..! As it happens, one of the guys I work with is an avid biker so he's been giving me loads of advice on that one..! Hehe!

There are things I've wanted to do and have been lucky enough to experience, like flying a Harrier jump jet and scuba diving in the Maldives. I even met Eric Clapton once, and that was pretty cool..!

So what are those things you've always wanted to do? And have you done them yet?

There are a few things I still really want to do but, just havn't had the time to do.

Clime Halfdome in yosemite
firewalking
shark diving with great white(while in a cage) im crazy not stupid.

I highly recomend skydiving. Its so much fun! I have also been bungy jumping twice and whitewater rafting. last time was on a 4+ rapid almost a 5.

Hmm, I would say some of the following are on my list, some are easily obtainable, some are impossible:

See the desert sunrise and sunsets over the arroyos in the South Western US.

Watch the northern lights, and live in the North during those long months of constant daylight.

Hear/feel the jungle as it cycles through the diurnal and nocturnal critters.

Meet gracious women from many different cultural subsets, and dissolve in their world for a time.

Learn the flavors and smells of the food and drink in the world (by ethnic groupings of course).

It's too bad I spend so much of life working, and not enough living. Such is life, eh? Poo-tee-weet